diff --git a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/TranslatingContraption.java b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/TranslatingContraption.java
index e547f49f7..a5c20710a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/TranslatingContraption.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/TranslatingContraption.java
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import com.simibubi.create.infrastructure.config.AllConfigs;
+
 import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ public abstract class TranslatingContraption extends Contraption {
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean canBeStabilized(Direction facing, BlockPos localPos) {
-		return false;
+		return AllConfigs.server().kinetics.stabiliseStableContraptions.get();
 	}
 	
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/infrastructure/config/CKinetics.java b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/infrastructure/config/CKinetics.java
index 15168cee8..df3b971e8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/infrastructure/config/CKinetics.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/infrastructure/config/CKinetics.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public class CKinetics extends ConfigBase {
 	public final ConfigBool harvesterReplants = b(true, "harvesterReplants", Comments.harvesterReplants);
 	public final ConfigBool minecartContraptionInContainers =
 		b(false, "minecartContraptionInContainers", Comments.minecartContraptionInContainers);
+	public final ConfigBool stabiliseStableContraptions = b(false, "stabiliseStableContraptions", Comments.stabiliseStableContraptions, "[Technical]");
 
 	public final ConfigGroup stats = group(1, "stats", Comments.stats);
 	public final ConfigFloat mediumSpeed = f(30, 0, 4096, "mediumSpeed", Comments.rpm, Comments.mediumSpeed);
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ public class CKinetics extends ConfigBase {
 		static String amethystMovement = "Configure how Budding Amethyst can be moved by contraptions.";
 		static String obsidianMovement = "Configure how Obsidian blocks can be moved by contraptions.";
 		static String minecartContraptionInContainers = "Whether minecart contraptions can be placed into container items.";
+		static String stabiliseStableContraptions = "Whether stabilised bearings create a separated entity even on non-rotating contraptions.";
 	}
 
 	public enum DeployerAggroSetting {